Education

Our academic fellowship funding supports recipient universities’ efforts to help early-career researchers in the fields of AI and Computer Science to pursue postdoctoral study, and build the experiences and research profile that will enable them to progress to full academic or other research leadership roles in future.

Alongside financial support from their university, these fellowships provide opportunities for fellows to be mentored by senior Google DeepMind researchers. Google DeepMind does not direct their research and fellows are free to pursue any research direction they wish.

Fellowships are open to early-career researchers who have completed a PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Statistics, or another relevant field by the time they start their postdoc.

So far, seven universities in the UK have launched fellowship programs. For details, refer to the relevant university websites:

2022/23 Academic Fellows:

• Queen Mary University of London - Fellow in Machine Learning
• University of Cambridge - Fellow in Computer Science
• University College London - Fellow in Sustainable Artificial Intelligence

2023/24 Academic Fellows:

• University of Birmingham
• Imperial College London
• University of Edinburgh

2024/25 Academic Fellows will be announced at the following universities:

• University of Oxford
• University College London (UCL)

Google DeepMind has given scholarship funding to universities since 2017 to help support their efforts to bring a wide range of experiences to the fields of AI and Computer Science. The scholarships funding allows recipient universities to provide financial support to students seeking to study graduate courses relating to AI and adjacent fields. Scholars are also offered support from a Google DeepMind mentor, and have opportunities to attend leading AI academic conferences and Google DeepMind events.

In 2025, Google DeepMind AI Masters scholarships in the UK will be delivered by Martingale Foundation. For more information, please visit the Martingale website. Applications closed at midnight on 27 October 2024.

2025 AI Masters scholarships outside of the UK will be offered by IIE, to applicants and scholars selected by host universities. For more information, visit IIE’s website.

AIMS AI for Science Masters scholarships will continue to be offered by AIMS.

Learn more about scholarships

We have partnered with the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) to create a pan-African ‘AI for Science’ Masters program. The program gives talented students from across the region a chance to pursue advanced studies at AIMS South Africa and connect with Google DeepMind researchers and engineers for support.

The program curriculum explores how AI can be used to better understand the world around us and accelerate progress on some of today’s most fundamental and fascinating scientific challenges. It has been developed by AIMS, with input from Google DeepMind and four world-leading local scientific groups:

• Square Kilometer Array Observatory (SKAO) and its South African partner, the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) an international effort to build the world's largest radio telescope;‍
• Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI) a leading epidemic and pandemic preparedness and response institute;‍
• South African Centre for Epidemiological Modeling and Analysis (SACEMA), Department of Science and Innovation - National Research Foundation Centre of Excellence with a mission to improve health in Africa through epidemiological modeling and analysis.

Our funding will help AIMS provide full scholarships, equipment and compute, with the goal of supporting 160 African students by July 2027.

Applications and more information

We have provided funding to six universities since 2023 to help them build programs that provide undergraduate students in the UK and US with opportunities to gain summer research experience in AI and adjacent fields. As part of these Research Ready programs, universities offer workshops and skills days to students and provide them with financial support and accommodation for the duration of their research placements.

Each university managed its own program, award processes and recruitment timelines. For further information, please consult the relevant university websites.

• University of Birmingham
• University of Cambridge
• Imperial College London
• New York University
• University of Oxford
• Queen Mary University of London

In 2025, the Royal Academy of Engineering, Google DeepMind and The Hg Foundation will fund Research Ready placements to help widen participation in AI research. For more information visit the Royal Academy of Engineering website.

We work with a number of education charities and social enterprises to support AI and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) education in the UK and beyond.

In 2022, we partnered with the Raspberry Pi Foundation to co-create Experience AI, a free learning program with lesson plans, slide decks, videos and more, to help address the gaps in AI education and support teachers in engaging secondary school students around the world in the subject of AI. Created to be relevant and accessible to all students aged 11-14, the resources are designed to help young people to better understand AI and the role it will play in their future.

Since its launch in April 2023, Experience AI has been accessed by educators across 150 countries.

In September 2024, we announced that Google.org is providing $10M in funding to the Raspberry Pi Foundation to further expand access to Experience AI. This funding will enable new partnerships to be established in 17 countries, benefiting millions of students over the next few years.

Over the years, we’ve also partnered with a range of organizations to help tackle the gaps in STEM education. This includes developing a bespoke 30-week course in AI and chess with Chess in Schools and Communities that aims to increase the number of students pursuing AI-related subjects in higher education.

We also teamed up with STEM Learning to support the creation and delivery of eight ENTHUSE partnerships across the UK to raise aspiration and achievement in STEM subjects among young people.

Many of our team hold university professorships and teach or supervise students at Cambridge, Oxford, MIT, Imperial, and elsewhere. We also partner with many world-leading academic institutions to extend research and teaching capacity. So far, we’ve established academic chairs in machine learning at the University of Alberta, University of Cambridge, the University of Oxford and University College London.

We believe that everyone should feel able to participate in AI and science, and we are committed to supporting organizations that create community and increase access to all within these sectors. Our team members regularly dedicate their time and expertise to advancing discussions about AI in communities. We are also founding partners of the Deep Learning Indaba, the Eastern European Machine Learning Summer School, and the AI4Good Summer Lab, and a number of ML summer/winter schools that increase capacity for AI training and support the next generation.

‍South Africa

• Stellenbosch University - Masters
• The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) - Masters
• University of Witwatersrand - Masters‍‍

Uganda

• Makerere University - Masters

Bulgaria

• Sofia University (St. Kliment Ohridski) - Masters
• Institute for Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Technology (INSAIT) - PhD

‍France

• École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay - Masters

‍Greece

• Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - Masters

‍Poland

• University of Warsaw - Masters

‍Romania

• Technical University of Cluj-Napoca - Masters

‍United Kingdom

2024

• University of Birmingham - Masters
• University of Cambridge - Masters
• Imperial College London - Masters (Computing and AI)
• University of Oxford - Masters
• Queen Mary University of London - Masters
• University College London - Masters (Neuroscience)
• University College London - Masters (Computer Science)
• University of Edinburgh - Masters

‍Turkey

• Istanbul Technical University - Masters

Canada

• McGill University - Masters
• University of Alberta - Masters
• University of Toronto - Masters

United States

• New York University - Masters
• University of California, Los Angeles - Masters
• University of California, San Diego - Masters

‍Brazil

• UNICAMP Universidade Estadual de Campinas - Masters

‍Colombia

• Universidad de Los Andes - Masters